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People walk down a busy East Kirkwood Avenue on Saturday night during Indiana University's Little 500 weekend. He said that Saturday night, officers were going to patrol the streets in groups on foot and stand vigil outside bars and nightclubs, making their presence known and being ready to respond if gunshots were heard. But when anybody can have a gun, more people are going to end up getting hurt. "The prevalence of firearms has increased so much that we have serious concerns. "The state Legislature certainly hasn't helped things by saying now you can buy and carry a gun with no permit required," he said.
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He said the steady increase in violence stems in part from the easy availability of guns and the lack of restrictions to own or carry one.
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"We're fortunate there's been no deaths." "When you look at the increase in incidents of gunshots fired, we thought this might present a situation where there might be gunfire," he said.
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